Minor League Baseball announced Sept. 15, 2026, that Dunedin Blue Jays infielders JoJo Parker and Dameury Pena were named 2026 Florida State League All-Stars. Parker and Pena both played for Single-A Dunedin during the season. The selections came after each player appeared at multiple levels in 2026.
Parker posted an .859 OPS with 13 home runs, 66 RBI and 22 stolen bases in 87 games with Single-A Dunedin. At the time of his promotion to High-A Vancouver on Aug. 10, Parker ranked tied for first in the Florida State League in RBI with 66 and tied for first in OPS at .859. He also ranked fifth in on-base percentage at .388, fourth in slugging percentage at .471, third in doubles with 24, third in walks with 63, second in extra-base hits with 40, fifth in total bases with 153 and third in runs with 68.
JoJo Parker finished strong with Dunedin
In his final 35 games with Dunedin, Parker hit .299 with nine home runs, 23 extra-base hits, 39 RBI and a 1.032 OPS. From June 17-24, he hit four home runs and drove in 10 runs across six games. Parker turned 20 years old on Aug. 8.
Toronto selected Parker with the eighth overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft out of Purvis High School in Mississippi. He was selected to the MLB All-Star Futures Game in his first professional season. Parker finished the season with 21 games for the Northwest League champion High-A Vancouver Canadians, batting .316 with a .443 on-base percentage and seven RBI.
Dameury Pena earned All-Star recognition after move to Toronto
Pena began the 2026 season in the Minnesota Twins organization and batted .322 in 58 games with the Class-A Fort Myers Mighty Mussels. He finished that stint with one home run, 31 RBI and 19 stolen bases. Pena was named Florida State League Player of the Week in April after batting .625 with 10 hits in five games.
Pena was promoted to High-A Cedar Rapids on June 22. At the time of his promotion, he led the Florida State League with 77 hits and a .322 batting average, ranked sixth with a .393 on-base percentage and led all of Minor League Baseball with a 1.69 walk-to-strikeout ratio among players with at least 250 plate appearances. Pena was traded to Toronto on Aug. 3 in exchange for Jeff Hoffman.
Pena was assigned to Class-A Dunedin, where he batted .318 with four RBI in 12 games before being promoted to High-A Vancouver on Aug. 24. He appeared in 10 games for the Northwest League champion Vancouver Canadians to finish the season. His 2026 season earned him a place among the Florida State League All-Stars with Parker.
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